Brooke Ramay is an assistant research professor at the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health and has a dual appointment at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) as an associate professor and researcher at the Center for Health Studies.
Dr. Ramay´s main research activities focus on risk factors contributing to the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans living in the low- to middle-income country setting. Her projects take into consideration the role of sanitation and hygiene, consumption of food products, exposure to animals, and antibiotic use and administration on AMR. Her current research platforms are based in the Western Highlands of Guatemala in the regional hospital and in the community. In addition to AMR-based projects, she is also working on the development and implementation of a multisite antimicrobial stewardship program in five Guatemalan hospitals.
Affiliate and Adjunct Appointments
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of Pharmacotherapy College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Washington State University Health Sciences, Spokane, 2021-present
- Clinical pharmacy volunteer faculty, University of California San Francisco, 2008-present
Education
- Pharm D, University of California San Francisco, 2006
- BS, Chemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, 2001
Certifications
- Pharmacy Based immunization delivery, American Pharmacists Association, 2015
- National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, 2006
- California State Board of Pharmacy, 2006
Research Interest
- Antimicrobial Resistance in communities and hospitals
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Perception of water risk and impact on antimicrobial resistance
Publications
Professional Service
- Research Ethics Committee member, Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Honors and Awards
- Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, University of California San Francisco, Winter 2022
- Distinguished Faculty, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala, 2018, 2020, 2022
- Distinguished Investigator, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala, 2021
- Featured faculty, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, 2011
- Carole M. Davis Scholarship for International Health Projects; Global Health Education Consortium, University of California San Francisco, California, USA, 2006
- Rainer’s Fund Award for international programs in global health, University California San Francisco, California, USA, 2004
- Regent Scholar of the University of California San Francisco, 2002-2006
- Roche Bioscience Award for undergraduate research, Organic Synthetic Chemistry, Palo Alto, California USA, 1999
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Organic Synthetic Chemistry (S.U.R.F.) at the University of California, Santa Barbara California, USA, 1998 & 1999
- De Wolfe Research Scholarship at the University of California for Organic Synthetic Chemistry, Santa Barbara California, USA, 1998